2014-10-06

Superbowl XLIX Projection, Week 5, Sunday

San Diego over Dallas

Well, easy come, easy go, right? Cincinnati is now the 4th most likely team to make the Superbowl from the AFC, and Arizona is 7th in the NFC. The Cardinals were definitely riding on a razor's edge on the strength of being undefeated. Their point differential is now exactly 0, meaning they're projected as a .500 team the rest of the way, despite being 3-1.

San Diego was already the 3rd strongest team, and their 31-0 victory brought them way up to the top, by quite a margin. Dallas is now the strongest and most favored team in the NFC. Seattle seems to have a way of suddenly breaking out for large numbers of points, and/or completely shutting down opponents on defense, so we'll see if Dallas can hang onto that spot for more than today.